Nuclear waste is usually stored on site in heavy metal containers which prevent leakage.
Fukushima is possibly still contaminating, but that was either an attack using tinfoil tier means or just a woefully under engineered plant.
Chernobyl still has a mass of "hot" material that will be able to instantly kill you for a very long time.
The long haired nerd Kyle Hill has some pretty good videos on Chernobyl in particular, with a lot of good -- and modern -- information on what happened and what is happening there.
The Chernobyl elephant's foot is one of the scariest things I've ever seen. There are also videos on alternative sites of a guy that went around doing early versions of TED Talks about how radiological material isn't instantly deadly to us. I don't know the guy's name though.
Fukushima was a by product of the known deficiencies to a gen 1 Westinghouse type, reactor configuration.
Also nuclear waste dependant on, type and category, is transported across country all the time. Only certain assessed types are stored on site in non permanent approved containers, which unfortunately have degraded and leaked contents in several cases.
Containers were not "cheaped out" they are drums of particular construction and were always intended for temporary storage as allowed by licensing and permits. Whereas storage and duration conditions changed overtime and bureaucy limitations didnt catch up to changing circumstances; added for clarity.
Nuclear waste is usually stored on site in heavy metal containers which prevent leakage.
Fukushima is possibly still contaminating, but that was either an attack using tinfoil tier means or just a woefully under engineered plant.
Chernobyl still has a mass of "hot" material that will be able to instantly kill you for a very long time.
The long haired nerd Kyle Hill has some pretty good videos on Chernobyl in particular, with a lot of good -- and modern -- information on what happened and what is happening there.
The Chernobyl elephant's foot is one of the scariest things I've ever seen. There are also videos on alternative sites of a guy that went around doing early versions of TED Talks about how radiological material isn't instantly deadly to us. I don't know the guy's name though.
As far as I understood, if you were able to touch the elephant's foot you would die within minutes. That's FAIRLY instant!
Fukushima was a by product of the known deficiencies to a gen 1 Westinghouse type, reactor configuration.
Also nuclear waste dependant on, type and category, is transported across country all the time. Only certain assessed types are stored on site in non permanent approved containers, which unfortunately have degraded and leaked contents in several cases.
I just said this when I said "under engineered".
I said "usually"
Then they cheaped out on the containers and probably used Chinese materials, because they're supposed to be built to stand the test of time.
Containers were not "cheaped out" they are drums of particular construction and were always intended for temporary storage as allowed by licensing and permits. Whereas storage and duration conditions changed overtime and bureaucy limitations didnt catch up to changing circumstances; added for clarity.